Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0The 2 schools of Sainte-Croix: 1 elementary school and 1 secondary school
One board, Centre de services scolaire des Navigateurs, runs them all. The schools grade is left out in Quebec, as the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.
Where the 2 schools in and around Sainte-Croix are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Sainte-Croix
Each school by its language of instruction, with the share in Quebec marked.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Quebec.
All teach in the province’s majority language; none in English.
Quebec’s Charter of the French Language sends most children to French-language schools; English public schooling is for children who hold a certificate of eligibility.
Who runs Sainte-Croix’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: the French service centres, the English boards, independent and other schools.
A single system: every one French service centres.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Sainte-Croix
The neighbourhood school
A home address sets the designated school in each board’s attendance area. Registration is with the board; a school outside the area admits only where there is space.
English schools in Quebec
English public schooling in Quebec needs a certificate of eligibility, usually earned through a parent’s English elementary schooling in Canada; other children attend French schools.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 2 schools in and around Sainte-Croix
High schools within reach of Sainte-Croix
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
2 secondary schools are within 15 km: 2 French public. Nearest: École secondaire Pamphile-Le May, 1.1 km off.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École secondaire Pamphile-Le MaySecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Navigateurs | French public | 1.1 km |
| École secondaire de DonnaconaSecondary | Centre de services scolaire de Portneuf | French public | 6.7 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Quebec
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | English | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Napierville | 4,187 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| … | ||||
| Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton | 2,650 | 5 | 0 | 5.8 km |
| Waterville | 2,643 | 6 | 2 | 2.7 km |
| Saint-Mathieu | 2,642 | 6 | 0 | 7 km |
| Saint-Chrysostome | 2,641 | 1 | 0 | 16 km |
| Sainte-Croix | 2,612 | 2 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel | 2,599 | 7 | 1 | 6.7 km |
| Hébertville | 2,588 | 4 | 0 | 0.2 km |
| Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce | 2,575 | 1 | 0 | 22 km |
| Saint-Damien | 2,569 | 2 | 0 | 12 km |
| … | ||||
| Fossambault-sur-le-Lac | 2,505 | 4 | 0 | 2.1 km |
Of the 138 others, 95 count more schools. A English-language school is within reach in 33 of the 139.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Sainte-Croix
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | English | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Croix | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| Donnacona 6.6 km | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière 8.6 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 km |
| Cap-Santé 8.9 km | 10 | 1 | 0 | 5 km |
| Laurier-Station 12 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 km |
| Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly 14 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 km |
| Neuville 14 km | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 km |
Cap-Santé leads the neighbours with 10 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- One school, two buildings. Quebec lists each school once per building, so a school with two buildings shows twice, its building named.
- What isn’t here. Provinces don’t grade schools by inspection; class sizes and enrolment over time aren’t in the open lists.
- The year. The open list of 2025-26.
- Boards and systems. Public schools here answer to a service centre (French) or a school board (English); private schools answer to their own boards.
- Which schools count. Each school is placed by its address point; those inside Sainte-Croix or within 3 km of it are here.
- The kinds of school. Middle and junior high schools count as secondary when they start at Grade 7 or later, elementary otherwise.
Questions about schools in Sainte-Croix
How do I get a place at a school in Sainte-Croix?
Registration is with the school body, not the school; the neighbourhood school follows the address.
Is there a English-language school in Sainte-Croix?
Not in or within 3 km of Sainte-Croix; the English-language board can name the nearest.
Sources: Ministère de l’Éducation du Québec, school locations (CC BY 4.0) · map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).